Around Evora, Portugal

A walk inside the city walls...

Evora is a small walled city and all of the roads within the walls, and some outside of the walls, are cobblestone.

This is the main square Praca de Geraldo. A few cafes have outdoor seating in the middle of a roundabout like street. Here is where a lot of tourists have lunch and locals have coffee. When you ask for a coffee in Portugal you will likely get a tiny cup with one shot of espresso unless you ask for bigger. I have come to like the tiny cup of espresso with just  a touch of milk which is called a pingo or pingado.

Here is what I had for lunch in the square a week or so ago. It is impossible to be vegan here when you are eating out and nearly impossible to be vegetarian. I ordered this ensalada de queijo because it was the only vegetarian option on the menu that besides a sandes de queijo (which is essentially grilled cheese.) As you might guess, the salads are quite lacking! There are a couple of specifically vegetarian restaurants in Evora which I am thankful for. And yes, those are french fries, or batatas fritas, you see on the other plate :)  

Above you can see some of the Roman ruins within the city walls. This is the temple of Diana. And I happened to be passing by as some tourists were being given a carriage ride a perfect photo op!

Here is one of the streets that is pretty typical inside the wall. There are a lot of one ways that look very much just like an alley way but people drive fast down them as if its no big deal. The Portugese word for cobblestone street is paralelipipido (not sure if I spelled that one correctly.)

It is a bit more challenging to find street names here. For the most part they are on the sides of buildings in small towns like Evora and I think it is even that way in Lisbon which is the capital. 

In my last post I said I would show you some Portuguese style but that will have to wait until next time because I have run out of patience with the internet device I am using.

Thanks for reading!